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3) The nursery rhyme murders: including: A pocket full of rye, Hickory dickory death. The crooked house
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This collection of classic short mysteries by the author of The Mousetrap will have you asking, "Whodunit, howdunit, and whydunit?" At the same time every day, Jack's morning golf routine is interrupted by the sound of a woman calling for help. Though the cry is clearly coming from a nearby cottage, the lady who lives there has no distress to report--until she starts having nightmares about a mysterious woman and a blue Chinese vase. Could the cottage...
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Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings, solve perplexing cases of murder and deceit in this short mystery collection. One of Agatha Christie's most beloved sleuths, Hercule Poirot is the immortal protagonist of such classic mystery novels as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile . In Poirot Investigates , the first short story collection to feature the famous detective, he takes on the case of a Hollywood...
Author
Language
English
Description
England's greatest crime-solver uses his superior intellect and genial charm to unmask thieves, murderers, and dangerous fanatics Esteemed journalist Mr. Brett rightly believes that his dear friend Martin Hewitt is the most insightful investigator of crimes in all of England. Who else could have so quickly connected a partial sheet of music-wrapped around a rock and tossed through a sitting room window-with an infamous decades-old robbery? Would anyone...
11) Hunted Down
Author
Language
English
Description
A rare detective story by one of the greatest writers in the English language A mysterious man named Julius Slinkton enters the life of Mr. Sampson, the manager of a life assurance office. Remarkably well-spoken and with insinuating manners, Slinkton initially seems to be the consummate gentleman. But as Sampson soon learns, appearances can be deceiving. Written in the uncanny style of his close friend Wilkie Collins, this detective story is an unusual...
Publisher
Sparkling Books Limited
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Three authors, three mysteries. Lynnwood, by Thomas Brown, was a finalist in the People's Book Prize The unthinkable is happening in Lynnwood "' a village with centuries of guilt on its conscience. Who wouldn't want to live in an idyllic village in the English countryside like Lynnwood? With its charming pub, old dairy, friendly vicar, gurgling brooks, and old paths with memories of simpler times. A Taste for Blood, by David Stuart Davies Two plots...
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the first great age of fictional sleuthing, this delightful collection of 13 mystery classics is devoted to the genuine tale of ratiocination, in which the detective solves the crime by investigation and observation, by using his or her wits. Included among these gems, written between 1841 and 1920, are Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," widely acknowledged as the first detective story; Charles Dickens' "Three Detective...
Author
Language
English
Description
Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits—including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton.
A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the stand. . . . A woman's sixth sense—and
...18) In murderous company: three complete novels featuring detectives Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray
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Publisher
Wings Books
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"G. K. Chesterton's masterful mystery features men who earn their livings in the most peculiar ways The Club of Queer Trades is an incredibly exclusive society that comes with a specific conceit for entry: Its members must have a talent that is extremely unusual and use that skill to earn a living. For judge Basil Grant, the club is also a mystery that he must solve. Basil first learns of the group when his brother tells him about an army major who...
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Series
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Plans for peaceful seaside holidays rarely work out well in the world of classic British mysteries. Retired professor Andrew Basnett, for example, envisioning sandcastles and the blessings of a pale English sun on his pale English skin, is startled to meet his nephew, Peter, on the beach. He’s more startled (and not entirely thrilled) when Peter gets him invited to dinner with a celebrity novelist. And he’s extremely startled when the novelist’s...
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